5" USB2 CONNECTED!!! LCD with touchscreen and 450cd/m2

Scouse Monkey · 04-13-2005, 02:26 PM

Hey guys, just found this....

5" 450cd/m2 LCD that is hooked up via USB2 - not VGA!!!!!!!

and the touchscreen is via the USB2 as well!

Wonder what it is like - would make an easy headrest install - just run a USB2 cable!!!! or good for tricky dash's that need a small screen!

Resoluton might be an issue but you never know!

http://www.apollodisplays.com/T050Q1U1.php

jcdillin · 04-13-2005, 02:33 PM

yeah crunching it down to 320x240 is going to be a bugger

Scouse Monkey · 04-13-2005, 02:35 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by jcdillin

yeah crunching it down to 320x240 is going to be a bugger

true but i am thinking as a monitor for the kids in the back. Make a nice simple OSD for the video contols for them.

meyer64 · 04-13-2005, 02:41 PM

I have seen a product similar to this before. I dont remember where but the idea was to use it a secondary display/input for gaming (maps and stuff). My primary concerns are that the resolution is rather low. And im sure that the graphics performace is dependant on the video controller board, not an onboard or agp graphics card, so i wouldnt plan on displaying anything but static images or basic video on these things.

scott_fx · 04-13-2005, 02:57 PM

Pro editing equipment; such asAvid dv-express, captures mini-dv via firewire. Usb 2.0 is faster, so i think that you could very well display full framerate video on this.

Scouse Monkey · 04-13-2005, 03:04 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by scott_fx

Pro editing equipment; suck asAvid dv-express, captures mini-dv via firewire. Usb 2.0 is faster, so i think that you could very well display full framerate video on this.

cheers scott

people also forget that you can easily stream DVD across USB2.

But although USB2 maximum is faster i would still use firewire for sustained transfer - especially in pro stuff. USB and USB2 are just much more useful to your average joe for a number of reasons so it is more popular. Perosnally i like firewire for external drives. And firewire 2 should be fricken cool! (800 not 400)

I suspect it would be cheaper to jsut get some cheap RCA screens for headrest though

jsut htought the USB2 interface was cool - isntant plugin monitor with no hastle of getting another video card. YOu could let the kids watch different films in an SUV!!!!! if you had a fast PC of course!

Zenith_Warrior · 04-13-2005, 03:08 PM

yeh 320x240 not the best res. but isn't that good enough to watch a film on and play SNES games on? What resolution is TV?

How much is one of these, I can't find a price?

ACHIEVER · 04-13-2005, 03:14 PM

Good find scouse monkey! I'm sure it's exactly what someone is looking for.

scott_fx · 04-13-2005, 03:34 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by Scouse Monkey

cheers scott

people also forget that you can easily stream DVD across USB2.

But although USB2 maximum is faster i would still use firewire for sustained transfer - especially in pro stuff. USB and USB2 are just much more useful to your average joe for a number of reasons so it is more popular. Perosnally i like firewire for external drives. And firewire 2 should be fricken cool! (800 not 400)

I suspect it would be cheaper to jsut get some cheap RCA screens for headrest though

jsut htought the USB2 interface was cool - isntant plugin monitor with no hastle of getting another video card. YOu could let the kids watch different films in an SUV!!!!! if you had a fast PC of course!

yeah firewire is more stable; we actually just purchased a firewire raid array for our system, now we can play uncompressed video in real time on our avid.

that monitor is really cool, it seems like an easy aux monitor with touchscreen control.

Cartunes · 04-13-2005, 04:04 PM

I wonder if that controller will work with other screens?

Scouse Monkey · 04-13-2005, 04:08 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by Cartunes

I wonder if that controller will work with other screens?

I was wondering that too...hopefully eventually a decent res one will come out - possibly using firewire 2.

Achiever: someone like it then!

meyer64 · 04-13-2005, 04:34 PM

I understand that you can transfer video across usb, so for dvd it should be fine as long as all decoding is done in software.. that wasnt my point. but if there is an application that requires any rendering to be done, that will have to be done on the controller board. so things like 3d games would not be usable on the screen. unless someone comes out with a graphics card the prerenders things and can output as a video stream via usb, but i dont see that happening. Make more sense now? I could just be wrong too.

nl4jy · 04-13-2005, 05:20 PM

I would be even happier if the power went through the USB too. less wires dangling around.

Scouse Monkey · 04-13-2005, 05:31 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by nl4jy

I would be even happier if the power went through the USB too. less wires dangling around.

No chance!!!! USB pwer is 500mA at 5V = 2.5W you could not run a backlit screen with that - let alone a 450cd/m2 one! it could work if thay had a power cable at the PC end of the usb cable to connect to a powers supply - that would make a nice neat install!

Scouse Monkey · 04-13-2005, 05:34 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by meyer64

I understand that you can transfer video across usb, so for dvd it should be fine as long as all decoding is done in software.. that wasnt my point. but if there is an application that requires any rendering to be done, that will have to be done on the controller board. so things like 3d games would not be usable on the screen. unless someone comes out with a graphics card the prerenders things and can output as a video stream via usb, but i dont see that happening. Make more sense now? I could just be wrong too.

one would presume that the drivers to the decoding etc using the CPU. The tiny controller is in no way a video card I would assume!